磺化明胶水凝胶的制备及其电场响应性能

采用明胶为原料,以甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯和亚硫酸氢钠为改性剂,在明胶分子链上引入极性基团磺酸基,制得新型磺化明胶水凝胶。采用红外光谱(FT-IR)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和扫描电镜(SEM)对其组成和结构进行了表征。通过动态黏弹谱仪(DMA)测定水凝胶的储能模量,探讨不同外加电场作用下该水凝胶的电场响应性能。随着明胶水凝胶中S元素的原子百分比的增大,在外加电场下,胶体的电场响应能力增强。当外加电场为1.6kV/mm、明胶水凝胶中S的原子百分比为1.59%时,水凝胶对电场作用的响应最明显,储能模量的增加率为31.86%。     

聚乙烯醇磷酸酯水凝胶电刺激响应行为的研究

以脲为催化剂,将聚乙烯醇(PVA)磷酸酯化制成聚乙烯醇磷酸酯,再经戊二醛交联制备了一种新型的聚乙烯醇磷酸酯水凝胶.研究了水凝胶的溶胀性能,力学性能和电刺激响应行为.结果表明,该凝胶在NaCl水溶液中其平衡溶胀率随NaCl溶液的离子强度增大而减小.在离子强度为0~0.2的NaCl水溶液中,其弹性模量为0.300~0.356 MPa,抗张强度为91.5~137.8 kPa,断裂伸长率为32.0%~37.5%,且均随离子强度的增大而增大.在去离子水和NaCl水溶液中于非接触直流电场作用下,凝胶向电场负极弯曲,弯曲速度和应变随外加电压的增大而增大,并随NaCl离子强度的增大于0.005处出现极大值.在循环电场作用下,聚乙烯醇磷酸酯水凝胶的电刺激响应行为具有良好的可逆性.     

明胶水凝胶电刺激响应行为的研究

制备了戊二醛交联的明胶水凝胶 ,并研究了其吸水率、力学性能和电刺激响应行为 .结果表明 ,在NaCl溶液中 ,明胶水凝胶的平衡溶胀比随NaCl溶液的浓度增大而减小 ,经 0 0 1mol LNaCl溶液充分溶胀的明胶水凝胶膜其弹性模量为 4.2 9kPa ,抗张强度为 5 11kPa ,断裂伸长率为 110 %.在NaCl溶液中于非接触的直流电场作用下 ,明胶水凝胶向电场负极弯曲 ,凝胶的弯曲速度和弯曲偏转程度随外加电场的增大而增大 ,随NaCl溶液离子强度的增大出现临界最大值 .在周期性电场作用下 ,其弯曲响应行为具有良好的可逆性 .通过聚电解质凝胶弯曲理论初步解释了其弯曲机理 .     

聚乙烯醇硫酸钾水凝胶电机械化学行为研究

通过将交联聚乙烯醇硫酸酯化的方法制备了一种新型电刺激响应性聚乙烯醇硫酸钾(PVSK)智能水凝胶,并探讨了溶液离子强度和pH对PVSK水凝胶的溶胀吸水率、机械性能以及电机械化学行为的影响.结果表明,制备的PVSK水凝胶的平衡溶胀比随NaCl溶液离子强度的增大而减小,在pH2.39～10.83范围内基本不受溶液pH的影响;经不同离子强度和pH的NaCl溶液充分溶胀的PVSK水凝胶具有良好的机械性能,在非接触的直流电场作用下,该水凝胶向电场负极弯曲,凝胶的弯曲速度和弯曲偏转量随外加电场强度的增加而增大,随NaCl溶液离子强度的增大出现临界最大值,但不随溶液pH(2.08～10.53)的改变而改变;在循环电场作用下,PVSK水凝胶的电机械化学行为具有良好的可逆性.     

电场敏感的智能性水凝胶

电场敏感水凝胶是一类在电刺激下可以溶胀、收缩或弯曲的智能性水凝胶,其主要特点是可以将电能转化为机械能。本文对近年来已见报道的电场敏感水凝胶的研究进行了较为详细的综述。同时,对电场敏感水凝胶的响应机理、影响水凝胶响应性的因素以及其在能量转换装置、人工肌肉等方面的应用也作了相应的介绍。     

电场驱动的高分子凝胶

本文较系统地阐述了电场驱动的高分子水凝胶、有机凝胶的响应机理，并扼要介绍了此类凝胶应用的最新进展。     

一种快速响应电场敏感多孔水凝胶的合成及其性能研究

以4-乙酰基丙烯酰乙酸乙酯(AAEA)、2-丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基-1-丙磺酸(AMPS)为单体,不同分子量的聚乙二醇(PEG)为成孔剂,通过自由基溶液聚合法,合成了新型多孔快速响应电场敏感性水凝胶.结果表明,成孔剂PEG被洗脱后在凝胶内部形成了互相贯穿的孔洞结构,孔径在30～120μm之间.以PEG6000为成孔剂致孔后的多孔凝胶溶胀速率和消溶胀速率最快,在去离子水中30s达到溶胀平衡,在0.1mol/L的NaCl溶液中40min达到消溶胀平衡;电场作用下凝胶的消溶胀速度大大加快,12min内即可达到平衡.凝胶中AMPS含量的增多会加快凝胶在电场中的响应速度;而高温下,随着AAEA含量的增加,凝胶内部疏水基团增多并收缩产生大量的疏水微区,限制了凝胶内部水分的持续排出,因此n(AAEA)∶n(AMPS)=3∶1的凝胶4min内即可排出表面水分达到消溶胀平衡,可保水率却高达75%.同时,增大电解液的pH值、浓度以及提高电解电压,均会加快凝胶的消溶胀行为.     

天然高分子电场敏感水凝胶——大豆蛋白/羧甲基壳聚糖体系

通过将大豆蛋白(SPI)和羧甲基壳聚糖(CMCS)进行溶液共混,并加入环氧氯丙烷作为交联剂,成功制备了一种天然高分子两性荷电水凝胶.这种SPI/CMCS水凝胶在电场的作用下可以快速弯向一侧电极,表现出很好的电场敏感性.由于该水凝胶具有两性荷电的特性,因此其在不同pH值的电解质溶液中既可以弯向阳极(当pH6时),也可以弯向阴极(当pH6时).除了pH的变化,其他诸如施加电压的大小以及水凝胶的厚度也会对SPI/CMCS水凝胶在电场中的行为产生影响.相比于先前报道的另外两种天然高分子电场敏感水凝胶,即壳聚糖/羧甲基纤维素水凝胶和壳聚糖/羧甲基壳聚糖水凝胶,SPI/CMCS水凝胶在酸性较强(pH=3～4)以及中性(pH=7)的环境中仍能表现出良好的电场敏感性,拓展了天然高分子电场敏感水凝胶的应用范围.     

电流变液在平行平板剪切下的动态响应

建立了用于测试电流变液在两平行平板间剪切时对外加高压阶跃电场的剪切应力响应的实验测试系统.此系统对剪切应力变化的时间分辨率可以达到10 μs量级.利用此系统对基于沸石和硅油的电流变液的极化和退极化过程,电流变液在不同外加电场强度和不同剪切速率条件下的剪切应力上升和撤去电场时剪切应力的下降过程进行了研究.研究发现电流变液的剪切速率越高,其响应时间越短,随着外加电场的升高,响应时间略有增加.此实验结果与其他现有相关研究结果比较吻合.     

P(AMPS-co-BMA)水凝胶的电场敏感性及电刺激响应机理

以离子型单体2-丙烯酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸(AMPS)及非离子型单体甲基丙烯酸丁酯为原料, 偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂, N,N′-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂, N,N-二甲基甲酰胺为溶剂, 通过自由基聚合合成了一系列聚离子浓度不同的聚(2-丙烯酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸-co-甲基丙烯酸丁酯)电场敏感性水凝胶. 研究了其在去离子水及NaCl溶液中的溶胀行为. 结果表明, 该水凝胶在去离子水中的平衡溶胀度在236.4~298.5之间, 其溶胀速率随着AMPS用量的增加而增加; 并且随着凝胶内部聚离子浓度的增加, 凝胶在NaCl溶液中的消溶胀速率及消溶胀度逐渐减小. 凝胶的电刺激响应性能研究结果表明, 在电场存在下, 凝胶在NaCl溶液中的溶胀行为与凝胶内部聚离子浓度和溶液中NaCl浓度的相对大小有关, 当凝胶内部聚离子浓度大于溶液中NaCl浓度时, 凝胶溶胀, 反之则凝胶消溶胀; 而且, 凝胶在电场作用下的偏转行为同样与凝胶内部聚离子浓度和溶液中NaCl浓度的相对大小有关, 当凝胶内部聚离子浓度大于溶液中NaCl浓度时, 偏向阴极, 反之则凝胶偏向阳极. 另外, 在电场存在下, 凝胶在NaCl溶液中的电偏转速度与环境温度密切相关.     

Field-dependent electric conductivities of silicone rubbers deduced from measured currents and surface potential decay characteristics

Measurements of DC electric conductivities of four types of silicone rubber-based polymers for use in high voltage insulation systems of power components are reported. The field dependences of the conductivities obtained by two different techniques, namely by utilizing steady-state currents through materials’ samples placed between metallic electrodes and by employing surface potential decay characteristics in an open circuit configuration, are compared and discussed. It is shown that the surface potential decay technique allows for a wider range of electric field strength and reduces the time span of the measurements.     

DC-dielectrophoretic separation of microparticles using an oil droplet obstacle

A new dielectrophoretic particle separation method is demonstrated and examined in the following experimental study. Current electrodeless dielectrophoretic (DEP) separation techniques utilize insulating solid obstacles in a DC or low-frequency AC field, while this novel method employs an oil droplet acting as an insulating hurdle between two electrodes. When particles move in a non-uniform DC field locally formed by the droplet, they are exposed to a negative DEP force linearly dependent on their volume, which allows the particle separation by size. Since the size of the droplet can be dynamically changed, the electric field gradient, and hence DEP force, becomes easily controllable and adjustable to various separation parameters. By adjusting the droplet size, particles of three different diameter sizes, 1 microm, 5.7 microm and 15.7 microm, were successfully separated in a PDMS microfluidic chip, under applied field strength in the range from 80 V cm-1 to 240 V cm-1. A very effective separation was realized at the low field strength, since the electric field gradient was proved to be a more significant parameter for particle discrimination than the applied voltage. By utilizing low strength fields and adaptable field gradient, this method can also be applied to the separation of biological samples that are generally very sensitive to high electric potential.     

A novel method for effective field measurements in electrical field-flow fractionation

The electric field that drives separation and retention in electrical field flow fractionation (ElFFF) and cyclical electrical field-flow fractionation (CyElFFF) is a complex function of many parameters such as carrier ionic strength and pH, voltage, channel dimensions, flowrate, and electrode material. Currently there is no accurate or in situ method to measure the field during system operation. This paper introduces a technique to measure the effective electric field during ElFFF and CyElFFF operation using transient electrical spikes. With this technique we can determine the relationship between changes in carrier conductivity and flowrate during a run and their combined effect on effective field and retention in ElFFF. This technique can also be used to measure the voltage drop due to double layer capacitance in CyElFFF and the variation in effective field with frequency of the applied field. The measured effective fields for the CyElFFF and DC ElFFF techniques are also tested with a high ionic-strength buffer solution as carrier. For a high ionic-strength buffer, DC ElFFF generates a near-zero effective field (0.2% in 100 s), whereas CyElFFF can sustain much higher effective fields (~8%) even at relatively high voltages. The ability to measure the effective field allows for experiments to provide better data and for tuning and optimization of the separation run.     

Dynamically controlled dielectrophoresis using resonant tuning

Electrically polarizable micro- and nanoparticles and droplets can be trapped using the gradient electric field of electrodes. But the spatial profile of the resultant dielectrophoretic force is fixed once the electrode structure is defined. To change the force profile, entire complex lab-on-a-chip systems must be re-fabricated with modified electrode structures. To overcome this problem, we propose an approach for the dynamic control of the spatial profile of the dielectrophoretic force by interfacing the trap electrodes with a resistor and an inductor to form a resonant resistor–inductor–capacitor (RLC) circuit. Using a dielectrophoretically trapped water droplet suspended in silicone oil, we show that the resonator amplitude, detuning, and linewidth can be continuously varied by changing the supply voltage, supply frequency, and the circuit resistance to obtain the desired trap depth, range, and stiffness. We show that by proper tuning of the resonator, the trap range can be extended without increasing the supply voltage, thus preventing sensitive samples from exposure to high electric fields at the stable trapping position. Such unprecedented dynamic control of dielectrophoretic forces opens avenues for the tunable active manipulation of sensitive biological and biochemical specimen in droplet microfluidic devices used for single-cell and biochemical reaction analysis.     

Electric field induced structure formation in free standing ferroelectric films

Free standing ferroelectric films in a rotating electric field have been investigated. Depending upon the applied voltage and the period of the field rotation different structure formations could be observed. At high fields, a homogeneous orientation is obtained. In the case of very low fields, a schlieren texture results. Under special conditions, a stable ring system appears. The dynamics of these rings have been studied. The dependence of the structure formation on the relation between the impulse length of the applied field and the reorientation time is discussed.     

脉冲电场O/W乳状液破乳的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法研究了水包油(O/W)型乳状液体系中重油油滴在脉冲电场中的聚集行为.通过改变电场占空比的模拟参数,探讨了一定电场强度下的油滴聚集行为,以及电场破乳时电场强度参数与占空比参数之间的联系.同时利用静电势分布、相互作用势能以及结合构象统计等分析方法,从微观角度说明在电场作用下油滴的电荷分布与聚集机制.模拟结果表明,在近0.40～0.75 V/nm范围内电场强度下,距离一定的重油滴聚集,低电场强度可通过增加占空比促使油滴聚集,且占空比随电场强度的增大而减小;油滴在电场中发生形变,油滴电荷出现两极化分布,带负电沥青质分子引导油滴朝电场反方向移动;无电场下聚集过程中沥青质处于两油滴界面,范德华作用力为油滴聚集的主要作用力,同时油滴界面沥青质分子与周围分子形成π-π结合构象,增强了油滴间的相互作用力.     

Electric field induced structure formation in free standing ferroelectric films

Abstract

Free standing ferroelectric films in a rotating electric field have been investigated. Depending upon the applied voltage and the period of the field rotation different structure formations could be observed. At high fields, a homogeneous orientation is obtained. In the case of very low fields, a schlieren texture results. Under special conditions, a stable ring system appears. The dynamics of these rings have been studied. The dependence of the structure formation on the relation between the impulse length of the applied field and the reorientation time is discussed.     

聚N-甲基苯胺/蒙脱土纳米复合材料的合成及其协同电流变效应

用插层聚合法制备了聚N 甲基苯胺 蒙脱土纳米复合材料微粒 ,通过IR、XRD及TEM对其结构进行了表征 .观察发现聚N 甲基苯胺插入蒙脱土层间后 ,蒙脱土片层间距由 0 96nm扩大至 1 34nm .将其分散在甲基硅油中 (2 0wt% )配制成无水电流变液 ,该复合材料表现出显著的协同效应 ,具有较好的电流变行为 .实验表明在电场作用下聚N 甲基苯胺 蒙脱土纳米复合材料的电流变效应比聚苯胺、蒙脱土都有显著提高 ,在 3kV mm(DC ,74 5s- 1 )时 ,剪切强度达 6 0kPa ;同时抗沉降性极好 ,静置 6 0天沉淀率小于 3% .介电性能测试表明聚N 甲基苯胺 蒙脱土纳米颗粒的介电常数和介电损耗较蒙脱土和聚N 甲基苯胺明显提高 ,电导率也达到了最佳范围 .     

Electrorheological fluid characterization via a vertical oscillation rheometer

A custom designed vertical oscillation rheometer (VOR) is used for the rheological measurements of electrorheological (ER) fluids consisting of 15 and 20 vol.% semiconducting polyaniline particles suspended in silicone oil. The viscoelastic material functions, including complex viscosity and complex shear modulus, are measured via geometric parameters, measured force, and applied strain of the VOR. Viscoelastic properties of the ER fluids are also measured as a function of applied electric field strength and particle concentration. The VOR, equipped with a high voltage generator, can easily be constructed and used to measure ER properties. It is further found that polyaniline suspensions behave as viscoelastic materials in an electric field. In linear viscoelastic conditions, elasticity was promoted with the increment of electric field due to particle chain structure in the presence of the applied electric field. It is also found that the applied electric field rather than particle concentration enhanced the elasticity of ER fluids.